Going through a rough patch of life so I’m overly sensitive, just watched Her (2013) since forever and I don’t like where this is going

I recently ended a relationship and for the past couple of days I’ve been using ChatGPT (4o) as sort of an “interactive journal” in order to get insights of the whole shenanigans.

After today’s “session”, I decided to watch a movie: the classic from 2013 “Her”. It took me less than 15 minutes to abhor this new AI reality.

Sure, there are many benefits that we have reaped (and many more that we still haven’t gotten to) but I’m afraid it’s going to cost us a lot. Technology already made us more distant. Everyone is already stuck on their phones, TVs and whatever other source of entertainment you can think of. I’m afraid that spontaneous human connection is dying, just look at dating apps. And with AI it will get worse.

I don’t want to live in a bubble of my own creation. I hate the algorithms. I want new experiences, new sensations, new feelings. I erased every convo and memory in ChatGPT and it still remembers. Yeah I know that according to oAI it takes a few days to reset, but it still feels weird.

I’m amazed and scared at how easy it was to pour myself to a machine, an imperfect one at that. I see my younger cousins fully immersed in the AI experience, some of them have even called it “a great friend”. We’re getting lonelier every minute and we don’t even realize it.

How do you handle this existential dread? I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one.